''Arctia murzini'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2005. It is found in

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

, China., 2005: Description of new taxa of tiger moths from China, with some synonymic notes (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 36 (3-4): 526-537. This species was formerly a member of the genus ''Platarctia'', but was moved to ''Arctia'' along with the other species of the genera ''Acerbia'', ''Pararctia'', ''Parasemia'', ''Platarctia'', and ''Platyprepia''.

References

* Moths described in 2005 Arctiina {{Arctiina-stub